Analysis of MJW Report

Prepared by Peter Li-Chang Kuo

“Monte Jade West Science and Technology Association (MJW) Newsletter” (MJW Newsletter) is a highly respected technology publication in Silicon Valley. Through this analytical report, we issue a formal and solemn declaration to all infringers:

“The system logic of our original invention is protected by intellectual property rights. Please refrain from infringement!”

Preface

The 2026 Lunar New Year holiday lasted nine days. Although material resources were extremely scarce, we endured and survived with difficulty. After the holiday, while dragging several old cardboard boxes out to the garbage truck, I unexpectedly discovered records dated May 11, 2001, documenting the visit of the Monte Jade West Science and Technology Association (MJW) from Silicon Valley to interview TES.

Fig 1: Rebuilt System photographed during the MJW interview

In 2001, during the Lunar New Year holiday, my family traveled to Japan to visit old friends at Mitsubishi Corporation to discuss upgrading Japan’s 5.6 million vending machines into “VAM” (Vending Automation Manager)—an intelligent vending system. The plan was projected to generate “¥500 billion” in additional annual tax revenue for the Japanese government, elevate Japan into a digital fintech superpower, and potentially push its GDP toward USD 10 trillion.

Unexpectedly, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year—January 27—upon returning to Taiwan, I found signs of forced entry at my home on Fareast Street. Rushing to our office at “Panhornic ComMec Inc.” on You-Yuan North Road, I discovered that the small rolling shutter had been forced open. The computer servers, all contactless TranSmart chip card materials, the TSCM supply chain management software system, and all technical documentation had been completely robbed. The contents inside VAM were stripped bare —only the empty vending machine shell remained.

Fig 2: Police report of the robbery (triplicate receipt)

The inventor, Linda Din (Ding Lin-Hong), wiped away her tears and said she would write a book documenting why a prosperous Taiwan requires "Social Responsibility Investment" (SRI), and why "TES" is an essential tool— an instrumental solution. The book was titled "The Daughter of a Defense Employee" (A Lady of Rich Taiwan).

At the same time, she turned to me and commanded:

“You… you… you must take responsibility for rebuilding what was robbed!” Thus, within a very short period, I reconstructed the "physical TES prototype system."

Fig 3: Book "The Daughter of a Defense Employee"

Today, reviewing the photograph taken during the U.S. MJW interview dated May 11, I am reminded that The Coca-Cola (Coke) Company already possessed information about our invention — yet still invested "USD 100 million and five years" to develop VAM. My team, by contrast, rebuilt the entire "Total eStore System" (TES) within 104 days, upgrading it to "Version 2.0" —demonstrating implementation capabilities beyond compare.

The Origin of the MJW

Looking back to 1974, after visiting my automated machinery facilities at "Cheng Kuang Precision," Chiang Ching-Kuo referred to me as “the Father of Taiwan’s Precision Industry” and asked me to use technological strength to assist the nation in “People’s Diplomacy.” Accordingly, I helped my longtime friend, Tainan Mayor Chang Li-Tang, establish a sister-city relationship with "San Jose."

In 1975, San Jose Mayor Janet Gray Hayes led a delegation to Tainan. Many members were IBM engineers—"mostly Taiwanese." As a member of Junior Chamber International (JC), I proposed establishing an “Mountain Jade Technology Association” in San Jose to promote the exchange of "talent, capital, and new products." Indeed, along the banks of the Yanshui River at Cheng Kuang Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., we discussed investing in and developing the future of the “Personal Computer” (PC).

In that era of authoritarian rule, establishing a “Third Sector” organization in Taiwan was impossible. Mayor Hayes and the delegation unanimously supported the idea.

There was even a saying in certain circles:

“Silicon Valley technology influences the world; Cheng Kuang Precision influences Silicon Valley.”

Fig 4: Cheng Kuang influencing Silicon Valley technology

Unfortunately, I had to fulfill military service. It was not until the day President Jimmy Carter severed diplomatic ties with Chiang Ching-Kuo in 1979 that I was finally able to fly to the United States to develop "Satellite Receiver." At the same time, I gathered Taiwanese technology professionals in Silicon Valley to plan the formal establishment of the Silicon Valley Mountain Jade Technology Association, with strong support from the San Jose city government.

Unexpectedly, destructive forces from my parents intervened and disrupted my efforts. It was not until 1990, after Lee Teng-Hui became the fully empowered President of Taiwan, ROC, that the MJW was officially founded by Dr. Chuang Yi-Te of the San Francisco Science Division Director.

Notably, the U.S. Panhornic ComMec Inc. was located in the same complex building as the San Francisco Science Division.

Since 1986, after inventing the “TES Conceptual Diagram,” Linda Din tirelessly promoted her vision, firmly asserting that her invention could create employment opportunities. After winning recognition through the "APEC 1998 E-Commerce Legislative Initiative," she published SRI advertisements titled “Technology with Heart, Humanity with Care” in E-Mountain Newsletter, explaining the establishment of a "Comprehensive eStore Ecosystem" aimed at creating employment through “New Industry, New Jobs.”

As a result, she became one of the most recognized social entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.

Fig 5: Panhornic advertisement in MJW Newsletter

On March 20, 1999, when Liu Chao-Hsuan, then Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan, visited Panhornic ComMec Inc., Linda Din publicly and prominently demonstrated her invention: "A contactless, cashless system for the e-commerce industry."

Fig 6: Linda Din presenting her invention to the officials

Following the change of governing parties on May 20, 2000, Liu stepped down from office and later even participated in activities of the MJW in Silicon Valley. When he and I took the same flight to San Francisco, I presented him with a copy of the book "The Daughter of a Defense Employee." Upon disembarking, he remarked, “This book is very fascinating.”

The Report Content of MJW Newsletter

The interview conducted on May 11, 2001 was published in Issue “No. 139” (June 2001) of the MJW Newsletter, officially titled Newsletter of the U.S. Mountain Jade West Science and Technology Association. The report triggered a sweeping "TES Wave" throughout Silicon Valley.

This was because the establishment of the TES "Commercial Mechanism" (ComMec) inherently required "Edge Computing," which in turn created demand for advanced chips. After the publication, the entire Silicon Valley technology community became aware of our invention. The TES system alone inspired at least one hundred technology entrepreneurs to envision startups—some of which eventually generated immense wealth.

Fig 7: MJW Newsletter, Issue 139, Feature Report (1)

Feature Article (Full Text Summary)

The June 2001 issue (No. 139) of MJW Newsletter carried the headline:

“Li-Chang Kuo and Linda Din Join Forces to Promote a Revolutionary Business Model: The ‘eStore’”

(Interview: Yong-Li / Photography: George)

Mr. Kuo Li-chang, who had spent many years in Taiwan’s precision electronics components industry, visited numerous large corporations in the United States in 1998 to realize tthe status of electronic commerce. He concluded that his wife Ding Ling-hong’s “eStore” concept was superior. Upon returning to Taiwan, he ceased opposing her idea and instead devoted himself fully to supporting the development of the eStore.

Over the past two years, the couple worked in close partnership to complete both the hardware and software design of the eStore and are now actively promoting this revolutionary concept. At a time when Taiwan’s economy was in recession, they hoped that this new economic model integrating manufacturing and services could serve as a remedy for "Taiwan’s Island-based Economy," while embodying the spirit of “Technology with Heart, Humanity with Care” to create entrepreneurial opportunities for the unemployed.

The so-called “eStore” aims to upgrade traditional retail operations by transforming conventional vending machines into intelligent, sensor-enabled automated machines. This machine, named "VAM" (Vending Automation Manager), integrates a cash register, industrial computer, automation machinery, and contactless card reader. Installed within a space of just ten square meters, it can function as an unmanned electronic store, providing both "physical sales and virtual services."

When this concept was first introduced, many laughed or failed to understand it. Today, however, it is steadily taking shape, receiving strong validation from experts, and has even been adopted as an agenda item within "APEC."

The VAM system— linking both B2B and B2C—was successfully developed by "Panhornic ComMec Inc.," based in Taichung, by the end of 2000. The system consists of four major components:

1)TSCM2000 software;

2)VAM hardware;

3)ePay electronic payment card;

4)Firewall security system.

Using a smart ePay card—known as the "TranSmart Chip Card"—users can make purchases at a VAM machine without swiping a card. Payment is deducted automatically, and a receipt is issued instantly. The card contains an embedded chip and antenna; when brought near a VAM, it initiates sensing, passes through firewall authentication, transmits via Telecom IC, releases the product, and simultaneously sends transaction data to the Control Center.

All transactions are automatically recorded at the local "Control Center," which monitors sales across all VAM locations, integrates logistics, and enables suppliers within the system to instantly track daily sales performance, anticipate market trends, and achieve faster time-to-market. Through widespread deployment of VAM machines, the eStore establishes a complete system for "procurement, sales, replenishment, inventory checks, and stock management."

Linda Din, a graduate of Accounting & Statistics, participated in APEC meetings three times between 1997 and 2000 as a private-sector representative and served as a speaker on "Market Access" at the APEC SME Forum in 1998. When asked how she knew to engage with APEC, she explained that after hosting countless e-commerce seminars across Taiwan and submitting proposals domestically without resolution, she decided to seek an international platform—APEC being the right venue.

Caption: Li-Chang Kuo and Linda Din with their innovative product, the “eStore”

Fig 8: MJW Newsletter, Issue 139, Feature Report (2)

From then on, she actively followed "Taiwan–APEC" interactions, pursued media exposure, and seized every opportunity to participate in international affairs to disseminate her ideas. In July 1997, U.S. President Bill Clinton signed "the Framework of the Global Electronic Commerce," a development that delighted Linda Din like rain after a long drought.

After many challenges, she was invited to serve as a "Market Access" speaker at the 1998 APEC SME Forum. During task force meetings, she proposed the “Steering Program,” which was immediately seconded and unanimously approved, elevating "E-Commerce into a formal legislative agenda" for the APEC Ministerial Meeting. For the first time, her long-advocated e-commerce vision gained a clear legal foundation.

Upon returning to Taiwan, she founded Panhornic ComMec Inc., while her husband Li-Chang Kuo shifted his professional focus entirely to the R&D and market promotion of the "eStore."

After two years of intensive development, Panhornic completed all VAM-related hardware and software, with the successful launch of "TSCM" sensing software at the end of 2000 marking a major breakthrough. The VAM system has since "obtained patents" in Japan, Germany, Taiwan, and mainland China, with U.S. patents under review.

Looking ahead, their strategy emphasizes "education and training" to cultivate mobile storekeepers —each effectively a new entrepreneur. With as little as ten square meters, a VAM can be installed at a suitable location. Store managers enjoy flexible working hours, handle sales promotion, cleaning, concept dissemination, and value-added services, receiving a base salary, commissions, and performance bonuses. Initial training programs were launched in collaboration with "National Taichung Institute of Technology," alongside financial institutions prepared to provide startup loans.

What does the eStore sell? “Innovative products,” Li-Chang Kuo explained. To avoid competing with traditional retailers, VAM focuses on "highly innovative items" —new beverages, snacks, software, books, cosmetics, sports equipment, health products, and more. Once a distribution channel is established, products move into traditional retail, while the eStore continues opening pathways for new innovations. Initially, they planned to recruit 50 suppliers into the eStore supply chain.

Beyond commerce, the eStore also "serves community" functions. Mobile storekeepers can provide additional services such as mail collection, small lectures, or product launches. The eStore can also act as "a community information hub" for hotel bookings, clothing, cakes, flowers, and gifts — either ordered on-site or later via home computers through the Control Center.

Thus, the "Electronic Business Automation System" (eBAS) embodies both "physical and virtual" dimensions. Customers may purchase directly at a VAM machine or place orders online, with the Control Center coordinating rapid fulfillment by local suppliers (SoW).

In early 2000, The Coca-Cola (Coke) Company announced a "USD 100 million" investment to develop intelligent vending machines capable of automated replenishment notifications and cashless transactions. Upon hearing this, Li-Chang Kuo and Linda Din were overjoyed — this was precisely the concept they had been developing for over a decade, and while the U.S. was only beginning, they had already succeeded.

Developing such a groundbreaking product was a lonely journey. Over the years, they consulted experts worldwide and refined the model to ensure it would become a truly competitive industry. While others once favored purely "virtual" internet business models, Linda Din insisted that e-commerce must have "physical channels." With her husband’s expertise in manufacturing and marketing, they committed fully to integrated "hardware–software" development.

As the internet bubble burst, the couple instead accelerated deployment of "websites and eStores," confident that this model would “create new industries and solve unemployment.” They warmly welcome insights from overseas experts.

Fig 8: “eBAS” Poster drawn in 1989

Note: At the bottom of the page appears a cartoon dated May 29, 2001, humorously using golf to compare national characteristics and highlighting Taiwan’s strengths in "invention and competition."

Clarification and Correction

What must be clarified is this: in 1998, after Linda Din won international recognition for the “E-Commerce Legislative Initiative” at APEC, I conducted executive-level policy briefings and advocacy in Silicon Valley to announce the good news. At that time, Silicon Valley had virtually no conceptual understanding of a "contactless" e-commerce system using "cashless" transactions. Even several years later, when I recruited talent in Silicon Valley, despite long lines of applicants, not a single candidate demonstrated a real understanding of the concept.

Fig 9: The author recruiting talent in Silicon Valley

MJW Newsletter Report’s Profound Impact

From today’s perspective, the report contains several key insights whose influence continues to this day. These may be summarized as follows:

1. Pioneer of O2O Integration and Mobile Payments:

The report records Linda Din’s insistence that “E-Commerce must have physical channels.” This is precisely the foundation of today’s dominant “Online to Offline” (O2O) model.

The "ePay TranSmart Card" and its "TranSmart Reading Device" (TRD) described in the report are, in effect, the ancestors of modern contactless payment systems, such as "EasyCard, Apple Pay, and MagicBand." Features such as “no card swipe required” and “instant receipt issuance” were extraordinarily advanced applications in 2001.

Fig 9: Proposal at Taipei City Government on May 24, 1999, facilitating the “EasyCard”

2. Early Implementation of IoT and Big-Data-Driven Management:

The report describes how VAM intelligent machines transmit transaction data in real time to a "Control Center," integrating logistics and enabling suppliers to monitor daily sales performance. This is a textbook example of an early "Internet of Things" (IoT) application. Such smart inventory management and automatic replenishment systems are now standard features in modern retail, including "7 Eleven, Amazon Go, and Walmart."

Fig 10: TES Conceptual Diagram invented by Linda Din in 1986

3. Community Functions and the Micro-Entrepreneurship Model:

The report noted that the eStore could function as a “Community Information Center,” offering hotel bookings, lectures, mail collection, and other value-added services. This accurately predicted the multifunctional evolution of modern convenience stores.

Today’s practices—package pickup, bill payments, ticketing kiosks—operate on the same core logic as "The eStore System" (TES) vision outlined in the 2001 report.

Fig 11: TES integrated physical-virtual system architecture

4. Technological Sovereignty and the Pursuit of International Standards:

Linda Din’s three participations in APEC and her success in elevating E-Commerce into an international legislative agenda, directly responding to the Clinton administration’s "Executive Order of E-Commerce," demonstrate the influence of Taiwan’s civil-society social enterprises in global standards-setting at the time. Actually, TES directly contributed to the advancement of “ISO 14443 and ISO 15693,” proving Taiwan’s global leadership in smart hardware–software integration at the turn of the century.

Fig 12: Taiwan–U.S. Cooperation at APEC Facilitating the E-Commerce Bill

5. Power Chip and the Discontinuity in Secure Energy Technologies

The report highlights my background in precision electronic components, explaining how we were able to develop hardware control systems incorporating “Power Chip” concepts.

In 1985, I developed "Talking Barbie" for Mattel. In 1992, in El Segundo, California, I proposed diagnostic analysis of "Solid-state batteries suffer from a swelling issue," and emphasizing that defect must be resolved before commercialization.

The January 27, 2001 great robbery, combined with subsequent non-economic interference, is deeply connected to the global delay in secure energy technologies, including solid-state batteries.

Fig 13: Ternary solid-state battery invented by Li-Chang Kuo showing swelling behavior

6. High-Level Technology and the Gravity of the Case: Key Findings

(1) Extreme Stress Test of R&D Capability:

All data were stolen in January, yet by May the prototype was operational and upgraded. This proves that the true technological core resided not in computers, but in "human intellect." Such innovation capacity—impossible to steal—confirms our absolute status as originators of foundational technology, while also explaining the subsequent, more vicious, coordinated attacks.

(2) Misappropriation of a National-Level Invention:

The “TSCM” (TranSmart Supply Chain Management System) developed to drive the TES e-commerce system was officially recorded under “Development of TSCM Information Systems for the Electronic Sales Systems” in the "SBIR Achievements Compendium" (Years 87–89). Nevertheless, cartel groups openly exploited it for illicit gains in the 21st century.

Fig 14: TSCM recognized as a nationally approved major invention

(3) Edge Computing and Advanced Chips—Ahead of Their Time:

It was precisely because of "TES" (Total Energy Solution) that advanced chips were required. While the industry was still focused on “.com” virtual networks, VAM was already an Edge Computing Node.

(4) Creation of Chip Demand:

Real-time energy monitoring, power control, and contactless payment processing required "high-efficiency computation" at the endpoint (inside the VAM’s PoW). This explains both the need for high-end application chips and why the perpetrators stripped the machines of components —they coveted chips capable of edge computation and secure energy algorithms.

Concluding Observation

In short, this report documents a critical technological inflection point buried by "Political Interference and Violent Robbery." It is not merely a story about an “Electronic Store,” but a record of our attempt to integrate advanced power chips, intelligent contactless payment, and logistics big data—driven by compassion—to "solve global unemployment" through innovation.

Had there been no interference, Taiwan might well have become a global leader in secure energy (solid-state batteries) and intelligent retail technologies decades ago.

Shortly after the grand robbery, we received an invitation to APEC Shanghai 2001.

Fig 15: Invitation to APEC Shanghai 2001

President Jiang Zemin held the book “The Daughter of a Defense Employee” together with our color flyer at APEC and asked me, “What is TES?” I replied: “1) An E-Commerce system, 2) The Economic Stimulus, 3) A Total Energy Solution.”

He then asked what it could accomplish. I answered: “It can enable a nation to become a superpower.”

Fig 15: One of the color flyer pages distributed at Shanghai APEC

He personally handed me the "Chinese Patent Certificate" and invited us to Beijing—demonstrating recognition from a national leader.

Fig 16: Chinese Patent Certificate

The State Council decided to support Sichuan in applying to become a “TES Pilot Exercise Region”-- As shown in the attached "Work Commission Letter," Merrill Lynch was prepared to invest "USD 600 million." However, this top-secret “Work Commission Letter” was stolen by prosecutorial and investigative authorities and used to fabricate accusations of “illicit fundraising” and “collaborating with Communist bandits,” which terrified Linda Din to the point of near death —fortunately, I chose to care for her around the clock, and she survived. Meanwhile, Director Chang-Yi Li of the SME Administration, who supported us, was dismissed and investigated simply because he bought mooncakes for us during APEC 1997; he passed away on January 30, 2004.

Fig 17: Declassified “Work Commission Letter”

Through the book “The Daughter of a Defense Employee,” we clearly informed the Presidential Office, the Executive Yuan, political parties, and citizens nationwide that this was the “Rich Taiwan Plan,” and its instrument was called “TES.” We even built demo-apparatus and traveled to promote the vision, estimating that “36% of global GDP” would eventually become “TES-generated output.” This projection was later validated during the COVID period, when annual global non-cash transactions reached as high as "USD 36 trillion"—indicating that Taiwan could have become the wealthiest nation in the world. Yet the corrupt cartel group continued relentlessly persecuting the original innovators.

Fig 18: Our “Rich Taiwan Plan” Seminar

Today, “Digital Economy” and “Anti-Corruption” have once again become APEC’s annual themes. Reviewing the said "MJW Report," and reflecting on how the original innovators—who from a young age were capable of lending money to banks and helping companies avoid financial default crises—were targeted simply because they invented a tool to solve unemployment and enrich Taiwan, reveals a systematic social eradication. Even our "bank accounts were reduced to zero;" during Lunar New Year, we could only survive on three steamed buns bought with NT$20 for our daily meals.

Fig 19: Bank balance reduced to 0.00 — financial extinction

The robbery was merely the prelude to a broader campaign of encirclement — amounting to an attempted technological extermination and "a grave constitutional and human rights violation case." Those involved in the suppression included political figures at the level of presidents and premiers. The President of the Control Yuan, Wang Jianxuan, classified an investigative report—compiled over many years—as “Confidential until August 16, 2017,” threatening us with "seven years’ imprisonment" if we continued to mention our invention. Clearly, they precisely calculated that before 2017, we would have already suffered “social death.”

Fig 20: Wang Jianxuan’s “Confidential Document”

Conclusion

In response to APEC’s annual themes of “Digital Economy” and “Anti-Corruption,” I hereby present a “Declaration of Digital-tech Sovereignty.” Our purpose in undertaking social responsibility investment (SRI) has always been to help "resolve structural unemployment," which requires a high-energy tool — “TES.”

Because President Lee Teng-Hui was unable to attend APEC, he entrusted "Jeffrey Koo of China Trust" to represent Taiwan in ABAC affairs related to APEC. However, after learning at APEC that TES possessed high “technological output value,” Jeffrey Koo disregarded the “humanistic values” we emphasized. He first approached us under various pretexts, then infiltrated Panhonic ComMec Incorporation under the guise of becoming a "supporting unit," engaging in unlawful conduct and even colluding with public authorities to sever our interpersonal relationship and financial networks.

On January 27, 2001, Panhonic ComMec Incorporation suffered a devastating looting. All computer servers, technical data, and the high-end application chips and electronic components inside the “VAM” (intelligent vending system) were completely stripped. Yet the June 2001 issue (No. 139) of the Yushan Association of America West Coast Technology Newsletter— "MJW Report" proved our team’s extraordinary R&D resilience: within 104 days, we completed post-disaster reconstruction and upgraded the system to Version 2.0.

The photographs of the functioning system taken by the reporter in the MJW Newsletter serve as third-party evidence and constitute legal proof of "our team’s inalienable technological originality." The “e-Store” system documented in the report was, in essence, the world’s first edge-computing node network integrating a “B2B supply chain” with “B2C contactless payment.” The system required high-end application chips to support the complex algorithms demanded by TES. The early 2001 looting clearly targeted these core hardware components with “energy security control” functions, demonstrating structured and organized criminal intent by a cartel group.

This 139th issue of "MJW Newsletter" not only reports on our Genesis invention— "The eStore System” —which we completed to address unemployment, but also commemorates “Mr. K. T. Li,” the father of Taiwan’s technological development. From the cover, one can clearly see the significance and standing we held in Silicon Valley at that time.

Fig 21: No. 139 Cover of MJW Newsletter

In summary, Silicon Valley’s technology community had already witnessed our invention as early as 2001. The Taiwanese government’s passive investigation of the robbery, followed by years of sustained “Hunting Operations” by the entities of corrupt cartel, directly resulted in the violation of this "Digital-tech Sovereignty"—an innovation capable of reshaping the global energy and smart retail landscape.

Our team hereby solemnly declares: “Any subsequent enterprise that profits by utilizing the lost original system logic and diagnostic technologies of our team is committing infringement.”

Peter Li-Chang Kuo, the author created Taiwan's Precision Industry in his early years. Peter was a representative of the APEC CEO Summit and an expert in the third sector. He advocated "anti-corruption (AC)/cashless/e-commerce (E-Com)/ICT/IPR/IIA-TES / Micro-Business (MB)…and etc." to win the international bills and regulations.